All I can say is WOW!! So many things have happened over the last few months and there is so much for Shawn and I to be grateful for and to celebrate.
On July 31st, 2009, Shawn graduated from USCG bootcamp in Cape May, New Jersey. It was one of the proudest moments in my life. Shawn did so well while he was there and looked so good the day that we picked him up. While his being in bootcamp was probably the hardest thing I have gone through, it was also one of the best things that we went through. Shawn making the decision to go into the Coast Guard was a big step in our lives. He had told me that he was so miserable in his job and wanted his life to have purpose and meaning and we wanted to see if the Coast Guard would give him those things. Shawn stood proud at attention during a wonderful graduation ceremony and recieved the Seamanship award. This award is given to "Coastie" men and/or women that know a lot about boats. Shawn knows a lot about boats and won the award!!! He is so amazing to me! We now begin our new adventure with him moving to Kentucky.
Being apart for another year or so will be hard, but we are up for the challenge. We are focusing on the tasks at hand and all the rewards that him being in the Coast Guard will bring us in the future. The Coast Guard gives us an opportunity to see new places and experience new things. I traveled a lot as a child and lived in many different places, but for Shawn this is new. While I would have loved to stay in San Antonio or at least Texas for many years, I am excited that there is a chance for us to live in other places. Some people don't understand it, so I figured I would explain....
Shawn and I have been given an opportunity to travel to places that we may have otherwise not been able to see, so we are going to take it for all its worth. I hope that we go to a few great places and see a lot of things. We will report here often and keep a picture diary!!
Another reason to celebrate, I graduated from the didactic year and three months of Physician Assistant school!! Now I am moving on to clinicals for the next twelve months and I will be done.
I can't wait for all that is coming in the future for us!!! We are truly blessed.
Thank you to all of our family and friends that we love so so much for supporting us throughout this time. We couldn't have done it without you
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Tiffany!! I've been looking through blogs lately (something to entertain me at work :) and I found yours! We haven't updated ours in a long time, so i'm going to get restarted on that starting now. But, I'm so glad that bootcamp is over and you all are becoming a CG family! I've decided that I'll be in for a while too, was going to get out in January, but change of plans! I hope he loves it and you enjoy being a CG wife! Congrats on your new career too! It's amazing how much things have changed for us all in the past ten years. Don't you feel all grown up? I know I do, I still can't believe Jason and I are parents! Keep it updated, I love to see how everyone's doing.
Oh yeah, check out our blog too! http://thedakers.blogspot.com
:) Hope all is well!
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